Feminine dossier · first seen 1960

December

Name: SSA baby-name counts for December
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2012

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1960Peak 20122024

Peak year

2012

Decline from peak

45.7%

2024

All-time

1,586

December has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2012, when 46 girls were named December.

In 2024, only 25 girls were given the name.

Down 45.7% from its peak.

All told, about 1,586 Americans have been named December and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1960.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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